Did Ebola emerge in West Africa by a policy-driven phase change in agroecology? Ebola’s social context

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2533-2542

  Wallace, Robert G ^a   Gilbert, Marius ^b   Wallace, Rodrick ^c   Pittiglio, Claudia ^d   Mattioli, Raffaele ^d   Kock, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84912105403     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4712com     Document Type: Note

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